Monday, April 6, 2015

Woman In Gold

Director Simon Curtis was the right choice for telling
the story of Woman In Gold, handling it with charm and grace.

It’s the story of an octogenarian Austrian American woman
(Helen Mirren), who, on the death of her sister, finds papers that indicate the
famed painting known as The Woman in Gold by Gustav Klimt is rightly her family’s
property and not that of the Austrian Government.

She hires a young lawyer (Ryan Reynolds) to look into the
matter and, ultimately, they sue the Austrian Government for its return.

The film is in the style of All The President’s Men and
Philomena,
moving methodically from obstacle to obstacle.Alexi Kaye Campbell’s script is smart and crisp and Mirren and Reynolds
work together in smooth counterpoint.

About Me

Brian Porzak: I am a cinephile who likes to view films with a live audience. My taste runs the gamut, including indies, studio films, foreign films and most all genres. Because I see so many films, friends often ask me what to see. So, I thought I'd blog about what is worth seeing or not. As a writer/filmmaker myself, I hope to give a more uplifting perspective than the typical critic. Filmmaking is tremendously difficult. Just because some problems might exist in a particular work does not, necessarily, destroy its enjoyability and I think that is necessary to point out to would-be viewers.
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